Greetings All, I'm hoping to use cherry for casings on my doors and windows along with the baseboard. We have cherry kitchen cabinets, matching flooring, so a little continuity woud be nice. I realize this will be costly, having just come from a hardwood supplier. I like the style of trim that I saw in one of the home improvement mags a few years ago and would like to do the same here. My first question is since the windows are made from pine and the jambs are white pine, is it realistic to try staining the windows to match the cherry trim? I know how unevenly pine takes stain, although wood conditioner does help somewhat. What do others do when working with different species that need to lok as similar as possible? Would a gel type stain work better with these porous woods?
Secondly, to do this project, I will need a fair amount of 3/4 x 3 1/2 cherry. The supplier had a lot of 4/4 x 6, which would cause me to make a lot of scrap. If I could buy 4/4 x 4, that would be ideal. Is looking into online lumber suppliers worthwhile? I guess the downside is not being able to screen the boards beforehand. Are the prices this way cheap enough to offset the high scrap? Hope this makes sense.... TIA, Mark